Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram of condolences to his US counterpart Donald Trump over Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram of condolences to his US counterpart Donald Trump over Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Kremlin press service said in a statement Monday.

“The atrocity of the crime, which claimed dozens of civilian lives, is shocking,”

the telegram says.

Putin also conveyed the words of sympathy and support to the families and friends of those killed and wished a speedy recovery to those wounded.